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PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906.

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EDWARD FOTHERGILL, OF FOLEY, MINNESOTA.

CYCLE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Appcation med November 20,1905. Serial No. 288,156.V

Be it known that I, EDWARD FOTHERGILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Foley station, in the county of Benton and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cycles;and I do declare the following vto .be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to Which it appertains to make andV use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of lreferencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

y invention relates to improvements in quadrucycles or cycles of theclass having four wheels and the objects are to provide a four-wheeledcycle of such construction that the rider may be able to apply his powerto better advantage and with more force than on the ordinary cyclesheretofore used and to make such cycle handy for the rider to steer andbrake by his hands while propelling it with his feet. These and otherobjects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of partsillustrated in the `accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a topor plan view of my quadrucycle, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame with some parts broken away and the position of the operatorindicated in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 represents front orsteering wheels revolving on the axle 2, while 3 represents thedriving-wheels revolving on the ends of the rear axle 4 and having longtubular hubs or sleeves 5, at the inner ends of which are fixed pinions6, driven by gearwheels 7, fixed on two independent crankshafts 8, journaled in the hounds 9 10, which are secured upon the two axles and,together with the cross-bars 11, 11a, and 12, form the frame of thecycle. Each crank 8 is operated by a pitman 13 and short rocker-arms 14of a rock-shaft 15, journaled upon the front bar or board 11 and havinga long rocker-arm 16, serving as a powerful operating-lever, and isprovided near its end with a pivotally-mounted foot-plate 17 for theoperators footsaid plate having a strap 18 adjustable over the shoe byeither a lace 19 or a buckle 20, as may be preferred, so that the footmay actuate the pedal both upward and downward.

.The operators seat 21 is mounted on springs 22, secured upon the endsof two uprights 23, fixed in spring-bars 24, which have their front endssecured at 25 to the under side of the hounds 10, to which they aresupported by vertically-adjustable straps 26, so that the seat may beraised and lowered to suit the length of the operators legs, and at thesame time the bars 24 help to make the seat comfortable and may evenmake the springs 22 superfluous.

The front wheels aresteered by the handlever 27, connected by a rod 28and lug 29 to the front axle, which swings horizontally on the king-bolt30, by which it is pivoted to the bolster or cross-bar 1 la. Said lever27 is pivoted at 31 to a toothed sector 32, secured upon the platform orboard 12. In Fig. 2 is shown that the lever has a finger-lever 27a,operating a latching-slide 27", engaging the sector to hold the lever 27in such position as it may be desired to have it for some time. The hindwheels are braked by the brakeshoes -33, secured on the levers 34 34a,pivoted at 35 to the inner hounds 10 and supported to swing horizontallyin guides 36, fixed on the outer hounds 9. p Upon the platform `12 isfixed another toothed sector 37, to which is pivoted at 38 a hand-lever39, whose finger-lever 39a operates a latch 39h, interlocking with thesector when so desired. The lower end of said lever 39 is pivotallyconnected by a rod 40 to the brake-lever or beam 34a, and from a pointabove the fulcrum 38 extends another rod 41, which connects with the end42 of a two-armed lever 43, pivotally mounted on the king-bolt 30 belowthe front axle and having its other end connected by a rod 44 to thebrake-lever 34, so that the hand-lever operates the two brake-shoessimultaneously in the same direction, and in going down an incline or inkeeping the brakes clear of the wheels it is only necessary to drop thelatch-bolt 39b into the sector.

In Fig. 2 is shown how braces 45 may be used to brace the lever-arms 14and 16 together; but these may be dispensed with when the rock-shaftsand their arms are made integral or otherwise firm. The pitmen 13 areadjustable both vertically and horizontally on the arms 14, as indicatedby the holes 46 and pins 47.

From the above description it will be understood that the pins 47 andholes 46 enable IOO IOS

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the operator to easily regulate the machine both as to the stroke of hisfeet and the force he may thereby transmit to the hind wheels and thatsuch force is on its way to the wheels properly reduced, while the speedis` used until repair can be had.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A quadrucycle comprising 'a front and rear axle and four wheelsrevolving one on each end of the axles, a frame mounted on the axles anda seat for the rider at the re'ar end of the frame, a pair ofrock-shafts journaled upon the front end of the frame and having each along and a short rocker-arm; the long arms serving as pedals for therider, the short arms having each a pitman extending to the rear part ofthe frame, two independent crank-shafts journaled in the frame andoperated one by each of the pitmen, a

gear-wheel fixed on each crank-shaft, a pinion fixed to the .hub of eachhind Wheel and meshing with said gear-wheels.

2. A quadrucycle comprising a front and rear axle and four wheelsrevolving one on each end of the axles, a frame mounted on the axles anda seat for the rider at the rear end of the frame, a pair of rock-shaftsjournaled upon the front end of the frame and having each a long and ashort rocker-arm; the long arms serving as pedals for the rider7 theshort arms having each a pitman extending to the rear part of the frame,two independent crank-shafts journaled in the frame and operated one byeach of the pitmen, a gear-wheel fixed' on each crank-shaft, a pinionfixed to the hub of each hind wheel and meshing with said gear-wheels,said pedals having pivotally-mounted foot-plates with adjustable strapsto go over each foot of the operator, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD FOTHERGILL.

